UFC 260 will host a double-header of title fights on March 27th as Stipe Miocic and Alexander Volkanovski defend their belts against Francis Ngannou and Brian Ortega respectively. The heavyweight king Miocic will return to action for the first time since August, when he defeated Daniel Cormier in their trilogy fight at UFC 252 to […]
The UFC kicked off 2021 with a big bang as UFC Fight Island 7 delivered a spectacular card. Ten fights on the night saw three first round knockouts and seven decisions but the fights were largely a fun watch, especially in the main event. ‘Blessed’ Max Holloway stepped into the octagon to take on Calvin […]
Welterweight’s number one contender fight has a third date as Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev will now meet on March 13th. The two were originally scheduled to face each other back in December on the final card of the year, only for Edwards to withdraw after contracting COVID-19. The UFC quickly rebooked the fight for […]
As the UFC gear up for the first event of the calendar year, Max Holloway is preparing for his first non-title fight since 2016. After winning the interim featherweight title against Anthony Pettis at UFC 206, ‘Blessed’ went on to defeat Jose Aldo twice and Brian Ortega in featherweight title fights too. Then came a […]
The last time the UFC were on Fight Island, we saw the end of arguably the greatest career in mixed martial arts history. Khabib Nurmagomedov took just two rounds to submit Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 in October to move to 29-0 professionally, before retiring in the octagon post-fight in honour of his father. Abdulmanap […]
The welterweight championship will be defended at UFC 258 as Kamaru Usman finally defends his title against Gilbert Burns. The fight has been made for a third time, with the two top ranked 170lbers in the world to fight on February 13th, at a location yet to be announced. It’s expected they will fight at […]
Michael Chandler will make his UFC debut in a co-main event clash against Dan Hooker at UFC 257, the organisation have confirmed. Chandler signed from Bellator MMA during the summer of 2020 and served as the back-up for the lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 in October. He made […]
As 2020 comes to an end, the UFC hasn’t seen much change at the top of each of its weight divisions this year. Stipe Miocic retained his heavyweight title by defeating Daniel Cormier in their trilogy fight in August, while Israel Adesanya successfully defended his middleweight crown twice against Yoel Romero (UFC 248) and Paulo […]
As 2020 comes to an end, the UFC hasn’t seen much of a change at the top of each of its pyramids this year. Weili Zhang, Valentina Shevchenko and Amanda Nunes all successfully defended their women’s strawweight, flyweight and featherweight championships while the bantamweight title went undefended. Zhang went toe-to-toe with former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk […]
UFC has already been hit with a bomb for the opening week of 2021, as Dana White confirmed that Leon Edwards vs Khamzat Chimaev is once again scrapped while also confirming big plans for the first quarter. Reports emerged a few days ago that Chimaev had been forced to withdraw from his hotly anticipated fight […]
